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Wisconsin farm fatalities report highlights need for suicide prevention, aging farmer resources
New analysis finds farmers 65 and older account for the majority of farm fatalities in Wisconsin.
Roger Aby with the National Farm Medicine Center tells Brownfield, “We notice aging farmers are at significant risk, and we see a lot of roadway collisions involving slow-moving farm equipment.”
About 30 to 35 farm-related deaths are reported each year in Wisconsin.
Aby says some surprising suicide trends need attention.
“We have not planned to analyze the data related to suicide, but we realized that we had a significantly higher number of suicides,” he says.
He says the center is exploring new ways to educate producers and employees about farm safety and risk factors in an effort to reduce fatalities.
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